Q. There are a lot of themes running through the piece but how you feel about people taking it in purely as entertainment and reveling in the spectacle?
A. Those people are damaged in some way and there's a lot of them and you can't blame them because that's how they've been brought up and how they've been indoctrinated. But I have to say at these shows, I think they're in the minority. I have vets to the show every night and I see 20 of them at halftime and we talk, and a lot of them say to me they wept during the show. And so do many people during these shows because a lot of it is very moving and I love that fact. And the people who are unmoved by it —and about one review in a thousand is cynical— the only thing they can find to accuse the show of is it's too obvious. And they try to accuse me of being what we would call in England sixth form, of not really seeing the grown up picture, the reality of how things are. But they're just being cynical...
Q. You've done "Dark Side" and "The Wall," when are you touring "The Final Cut"?
A. (Laughs.) It's amazing how many of the vets bring that record in and say "This record got me through so much." It's had a remarkable influence "The Final Cut."
Q. People often ask why you choose not to do any other material as an encore to "The Wall" even though there's still time. Is it simply because it's its own complete piece?
A. It is a piece of work. It would be like putting on "The Tempest" and throwing a bit of "Merchant of Venice" into it. It wouldn't make much sense really. (Laughs.)
Q. What is it like to look over to see Harry playing in the band?
A. My son? Oh, it's great! I love watching him play. Although he's slightly too far stage left for me to be able to see very much of what he's doing because I'm prancing about in the middle. But I can hear and he's playing great.
Had to check out that Neil Young reference. Looks like he made a quick turn to the right following 9/11 - including some public statements in favor of the Patriot Act - but is far from a Bush supporter.
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Did not know that about Neil. Most of us have been all over the map trying to come to terms with 9/11. The smoke clears and we settle back in. Neil was apparently OK with Michael Moore using Rocking in the Free World during the final credits of Fahrenheit 9/11, so you are certainly correct about his being far from a Bush supporter.
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Had to check out that Neil Young reference. Looks like he made a quick turn to the right following 9/11 - including some public statements in favor of the Patriot Act - but is far from a Bush supporter.
In fact, the only pro-Bush performers I could find with a quick Google were Johnny Ramone (RIP), Jessica Simpson (snicker), and Kid Rock. Somehow I doubt that anyone in the Bush office who's actually hear any of Kid Rock's stuff will be too enthusiastic about that endorsement.
willetcreek wrote:
Hey you, Whitehouse,
Ha ha charade you are.
Doesn't it feel right when you share ideals with some rocker when you're around 16 years old and then you find 20 or 30 years later that you're both still on the same page and fighting the same fight. I have a buddy I grew up with whose favorite music is still Neil Young but he's all for George Bush. It feels like I'm in one of those body snatcher movies.
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willetcreek wrote:
Hey you, Whitehouse,
Ha ha charade you are.
Doesn't it feel right when you share ideals with some rocker when you're around 16 years old and then you find 20 or 30 years later that you're both still on the same page and fighting the same fight. I have a buddy I grew up with whose favorite music is still Neil Young but he's all for George Bush. It feels like I'm in one of those body snatcher movies.
Doesn't it feel right when you share ideals with some rocker when you're around 16 years old and then you find 20 or 30 years later that you're both still on the same page and fighting the same fight. I have a buddy I grew up with whose favorite music is still Neil Young but he's all for George Bush. It feels like I'm in one of those body snatcher movies.
